We now wanted to add music to each topic in the Gallery. We wanted the music to automatically revert to the Gallery sound track if we went back to it or if the topic show completed and ended back at the Menu.

Click on the green Plus symbol in the Sound Files panel to add the sound file.

Browse to and select the music file.

Select Play until the Next Slide Sound

Repeat for each topic

Selecting Play until the Next Slide Sound now automatically switches the sound track when a new segment is encountered.

We now have an interactive Gallery with five soundtracks.

Now lets put on the finishing touches, VCR controls and a Pre loader.

Adding the VCR control

Adding the VCR control is very easy. The control provide the viewer with the ability to stop and start the show and to advance slides forward and back ward (skipping to the beginning and end are also options but not applicable here.

The VCR controls let the user explore the Gallery at there own pace and is very important feature.

We now select the appearance and location attributes of the VCR control, Style determines the button shapes, Position, Size and Color; determine where in the image, how big and what color the buttons will be. Our example chose Bottom, Medium and Blue.

The Choose Button panel is used to select which VCR buttons will appear. In this example we selected Previous and Next. Pause is always provided.

One more step..

Adding a Pre loader

A Pre loader downloads a portion of the show before it begins. This creates a buffer to guarantee a smooth show on slow web connections. It is not used in other meia.

The pre loader can also be use to add a message screen before a show begins, such as credits, commercial information or instructions.